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THE "NEVER AGAIN" MANTRA
This week, instead of one, longer story, I’ll begin with two shorter ones.
Jun 19
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Mark Oshinskie
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THE "NEVER AGAIN" MANTRA
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BREAD, WINE, COMMUNITY AND CORONAMANIA
On the Sunday, March 2020 night of the week the Scamdemic began, I attended Spanish Catholic mass in New Brunswick, NJ, as I often do.
Jun 12
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Mark Oshinskie
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BREAD, WINE, COMMUNITY AND CORONAMANIA
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BUGGING OUT
When our kids were 3, 9 and 11, and the airlines had more lenient luggage policies, we lugged our camping gear on a train to the airport and flew to…
Jun 5
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Mark Oshinskie
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BUGGING OUT
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May 2025
ARE WE SMARTER THAN OUR ANCESTORS?
When I was a kid, the postman semi-annually delivered a booklet-sized mail-order catalog with an odd mix of hundreds of household gadgets and cheap…
May 29
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Mark Oshinskie
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ARE WE SMARTER THAN OUR ANCESTORS?
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A LOSS OF FACE
During my freshman year of high school, several friends were on the wrestling team.
May 22
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Mark Oshinskie
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A LOSS OF FACE
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RICK STEVES, THE FASCIST PLAYBOOK AND THE COVID RESPONSE
While waiting with a friend on the southbound platform at the crowded junction of Medellin, Colombia’s two Metro elevated train lines in February 2017…
May 15
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Mark Oshinskie
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RICK STEVES, THE FASCIST PLAYBOOK AND THE COVID RESPONSE
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NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS
In late May, 1981, in the midst of a major recession, I graduated from college.
May 8
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Mark Oshinskie
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A PERMANENT RECORD
Most Americans who supported the lockdowns, school closures, masks, tests and shots now want to pretend that the past five years never happened.
May 6
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Mark Oshinskie
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A PERMANENT RECORD
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CASTING A CORONAMANIC SPELL
On a February, 1974 Saturday afternoon, when I was 15, I took a Greyhound bus from Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal with my Mom and little…
May 1
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CASTING A CORONAMANIC SPELL
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April 2025
THE NIH RESEARCH RACKET
This morning, I was speaking with a young man I know from the local Y.
Apr 24
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Mark Oshinskie
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THE NIH RESEARCH RACKET
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PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE
The white, desktop style, coil-corded, rotary dial family phone rang.
Apr 17
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Mark Oshinskie
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PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE
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COOKING THE BOOKS AND COMPETITION
In the spring of 1974, I was a JV high school baseball player in Northern New Jersey.
Apr 10
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Mark Oshinskie
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COOKING THE BOOKS AND COMPETITION
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